Category Archives: Novels and Short Stories

In Their Own Words: Eve Ewing

  Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. [...]

War of the Words: Cather vs. Hemingway, 1923

In 1922, Willa Cather’s foray into the subject of World War I, One of Ours, [...]

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American Authors of Short Stories – Part Two

Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was born Callie Russel Porter to Harrison Boone Porter and Mary [...]

Things to Do in Chicago in Winter

AWM Offers Things to Do in Chicago in Winter (plus Twelve Odd Tales for Christmas) [...]

Ways the World Ends

Various American authors, both in-genre and out of it, have depicted the end of the [...]

Recreated People

Writers frequently chose to create stories that are inspired by or directly based on actual [...]

Halloween Books: Creepy Crawly Short Reads

Halloween Books: Creepy Crawly (Short) Reads Looking for some Halloween books that provide deliciously-dark tales [...]

Stories Behind Classic Book Covers: The Great Gatsby

Francis Cugat’s iconic painting of a disembodied face floating above the lights of New York [...]

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American Authors of Short Stories – Part One

Stories are a part of life.  They’re everywhere.  We relate them over the phone to [...]